I don’t know why, but I decided to replay this game. Maybe it was to see if I should sell my copy of this game for Fire Emblem Three Houses. This game doesn’t know whether it wants to be lighthearted or have a dark tone. For example, the scene where Sonic “dies” is dark, but even after, he continues to make jokes. Which reminds me, if you’re going to spend the first few minutes trying to make me believe that Sonic is dead, don’t tell me right after that he’s actually alive. The level design is a straight line throughout all 30 levels. Each level can be beaten in 2 minutes. I was so disinterested with the story that I kept skipping cutscenes. If you’re going to shove 2D sections into Sonic and the OC’s stages, may as well not include Classic Sonic.

But I do have some positives, like the soundtrack actually being pretty decent, or how the graphics are actually pretty good. But that does not save this piece of crap game.

Still excited to play Mania.